Born and raised in Garland, Texas, Senator Rehmet grew up in a household defined by hard work and dedication. His father was an aircraft mechanic and his mother a hairstylist, instilling in him the values of responsibility and service.

Senator Taylor Rehmet: District 9

Taylor Rehmet is originally from Garland, Texas.

Senator Taylor Rehmet: District 9 | The Texas State Senate

After his military service, Senator Rehmet returned home and began his career as an aerospace machinist, applying the technical skills he developed in uniform. His observations of the shop floor’s challenges led him to union organizing, where he currently serves as president of both his local and state chapters of the International Association of Machinists and Aerospace Workers (IAM). In these roles, he advocates for safer workplaces, fair wages and meaningful representation for working Texans.

Taylor Rehmet currently serves as president of the local and state chapters of the International Association of Machinists and Aerospace Workers. He previously worked as an aerospace machinist.

Taylor currently serves as president of the local and state chapters of the International Association of Machinists and Aerospace Workers. He previously worked as an aerospace machinist.

Occupation: Aerospace machinist. Legislative Experience: Senate Member: 2026 - present. Hometown: Garland. Party: Democrat.

Taylor has served as a state senator since 2026.

2026 Texas General Election

Taylor will lead efforts to repeal anti-union laws, expand collective bargaining, and bring good-paying, union jobs back to Texas communities. He supports reclassifying gig workers to guarantee benefits and will fight for apprenticeship pipelines that create career paths for the next generation.

Taylor Rehmet for Texas

Lowering Costs for Working Texans: Texans are working harder than ever, but it’s getting harder to get ahead. Taylor will fight to lower everyday costs by cracking down on corporate price gouging, cutting taxes for working families instead of billionaires, and making smart investments in public schools, healthcare, and infrastructure so families aren’t stuck paying more out of pocket.

Property taxes are crushing working families while billion-dollar corporations get carve outs and breaks. Taylor will fight for a fair tax system that shifts the burden off homeowners and renters and demands big business pay its fair share. He supports capping appraisal spikes, expanding exemptions for veterans and seniors, and closing corporate loopholes that drain local school funding.

As a union president and machinist, Taylor believes the backbone of Texas isn’t the boardroom, it’s the workshop floor. He knows the best way to raise wages, protect jobs, and ensure dignity on the job is through strong unions and worker power. Taylor will lead efforts to repeal anti-union laws, expand collective bargaining, and bring good-paying, union jobs back to Texas communities.

Taylor will fight to make housing affordable for the people who actually live and work in Texas, not the developers and hedge funds pricing them out. He supports tenant protections and deep investment in public and nonprofit housing that working families can actually afford.

Supports reclassifying gig workers to guarantee benefits and expanding apprenticeship pipelines for new workers.

Plans to lower everyday costs by cracking down on corporate price gouging, cutting taxes for working families, and investing in public services and infrastructure.

Supports capping property-appraisal increases, expanding tax exemptions for veterans and seniors, and closing corporate loopholes affecting local school funding.

Plans to repeal anti-union laws, expand collective bargaining, and bring union jobs to Texas communities.

Supports tenant protections and investment in public and nonprofit affordable housing.

- Supports reclassifying gig workers to guarantee benefits and expanding apprenticeship pipelines for new workers.
- Plans to lower everyday costs by cracking down on corporate price gouging, cutting taxes for working families, and investing in public services and infrastructure.
- Supports capping property-appraisal increases, expanding tax exemptions for veterans and seniors, and closing corporate loopholes affecting local school funding.
- Plans to repeal anti-union laws, expand collective bargaining, and bring union jobs to Texas communities.
- Supports tenant protections and investment in public and nonprofit affordable housing.

Economy

The fentanyl crisis is devastating families across Texas and Taylor believes we need to get serious about both justice and recovery. He’ll fight to hold traffickers, dealers, and bad actors accountable to the fullest extent of the law.

But Taylor also knows addiction is a disease, not a moral failure. He supports expanding access to mental health care, fully funding recovery programs, and making life-saving tools like Narcan widely available. Every Texan deserves a fair shot, a second chance, and a system that doesn’t throw people away.

Plans to hold fentanyl traffickers and dealers accountable to the fullest extent of the law.

Supports expanded mental-health care, fully funded recovery programs, and wider availability of Narcan to address addiction.

- Plans to hold fentanyl traffickers and dealers accountable to the fullest extent of the law.
- Supports expanded mental-health care, fully funded recovery programs, and wider availability of Narcan to address addiction.

Public Safety

Taylor Rehmet is a veteran who knows firsthand what it means to serve and what it feels like to be forgotten. He believes our duty to veterans doesn't end with a folded flag or a ceremony, it means real support for the challenges veterans face after service. Taylor will fight to fully fund mental health care, job training, housing, and support services for veterans and their families across Texas.

But Taylor also knows addiction is a disease, not a moral failure. He supports expanding access to mental health care, fully funding recovery programs, and making life-saving tools like Narcan widely available.

Plans to fully fund mental-health care, job training, housing, and support services for Texas veterans and their families.

Supports expanded mental-health care, fully funded recovery programs, and wider availability of Narcan.

- Plans to fully fund mental-health care, job training, housing, and support services for Texas veterans and their families.
- Supports expanded mental-health care, fully funded recovery programs, and wider availability of Narcan.

Healthcare

Taylor is a proud graduate of public schools and believes every student deserves a real future whether it’s college, the military, or a skilled trade. He’ll fight to reinvest in public education, expand high school vocational programs, and reverse the privatization of Texas schools by way of tax-payer dollars. Taylor believes in rebuilding the pipeline between schools and good-paying jobs, and he knows we must treat educators with the respect and resources they deserve. He supports fully funding public schools and ending voucher schemes that drain them.

Taylor is a proud graduate of public schools and believes every student deserves a real future whether it’s college, the military, or a skilled trade. He’ll fight to reinvest in public education, expand high school vocational programs, and reverse the privatization of Texas schools by way of tax-payer dollars.

Supports fully funding public schools and ending school voucher programs.

Plans to reinvest in public education, expand high school vocational programs, and reverse public funding for privatized schools.

- Supports fully funding public schools and ending school voucher programs.
- Plans to reinvest in public education, expand high school vocational programs, and reverse public funding for privatized schools.

Education

Texas is home to some of the most breathtaking land and natural resources in the country, and Taylor believes it’s our responsibility to protect it for future generations. He’ll fight to stop the selloff of public lands to developers, safeguard water access, and invest in rural conservation jobs.

He’ll fight to stop the selloff of public lands to developers, safeguard water access, and invest in rural conservation jobs. He’ll also push back on the unchecked expansion of massive AI data centers that strain local water and energy resources without giving back to the communities they impact.

Plans to prevent sales of public land to developers, protect water access, and invest in rural conservation jobs.

Plans to limit expansion of large artificial-intelligence data centers that strain local water and energy resources.

- Plans to prevent sales of public land to developers, protect water access, and invest in rural conservation jobs.
- Plans to limit expansion of large artificial-intelligence data centers that strain local water and energy resources.

Energy & the Environment

Redistricting & Voting Rights: Every Texan deserves fair representation. Taylor will fight to end partisan gerrymandering by pushing for an independent redistricting commission.

Taylor will fight to end partisan gerrymandering by pushing for an independent redistricting commission. When precinct lines are drawn behind closed doors to silence working families, that’s not democracy, it’s theft. Taylor supports legislation that increases transparency in the redistricting process, creates enforceable protections, and strengthens the Voting Rights Act.

Plans to end partisan gerrymandering through an independent redistricting commission.

Supports redistricting legislation to increase transparency, create enforceable protections, and strengthen the Voting Rights Act.

- Plans to end partisan gerrymandering through an independent redistricting commission.
- Supports redistricting legislation to increase transparency, create enforceable protections, and strengthen the Voting Rights Act.

Voting & Elections

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Taylor Rehmet

- Plans to lower everyday costs by cracking down on corporate price gouging, cutting taxes for working families, and investing in public services and infrastructure.
- Supports capping property-appraisal increases, expanding tax exemptions for veterans and seniors, and closing corporate loopholes affecting local school funding.
- Plans to repeal anti-union laws, expand collective bargaining, and bring union jobs to Texas communities.
- Supports tenant protections and investment in public and nonprofit affordable housing.

Taylor is an aerospace machinist. He works at an aerospace manufacturing facility, where he applies the technical skills he developed in uniform. He also serves as president of both his local and state chapters of the International Association of Machinists and Aerospace Workers. He previously served in the U.S. Air Force, enlisting upon completing high school.

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